Rochester Institute of Technology - Techmila / Ramikin Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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A student prepares the Fractional Still for operation Obtaining accurate weights of chemical compounds ued to induct students in the vast field of chemistry and to educate them for some of its jobs. The result has been an ever increasing number of specialists and technicians who hold a great variety of positions such as laboratory assistants, analytical chemists, technical salesmen, research chemists and many more responsi- ble jobs including those of supervisors and managers. The newest addition to the department is the Medi- cal Technology section, a full-time, two-year course to meet the demand for trained technicians, that has ac- companied the establishing of more and more hospi- tals, clinics. Public and Private health services. The chemistry student takes pride in his ability to keep abreast of recent developments in his field. He takes courses dealing with new optical and electrical instruments in chemical analysis and he is constantly introduced to the latest improvements and techniques as presented by the various journals of the American Chemical Society. Beakers, flasks, solution—all are necessary for a successful experiment Between his many sessions of tube tinkering and head scratching for a conceivable solution to a problem in calculus, the chemistry student can be found in the Eastman Lounge discussing almost anything from the days of Adam and Eve to the latest “Dennis the Men- ace'' cartoon. But it's also in these get togethers (where organic or inorganic makes no difference) that the student chem- ist continues to chase elements, combinations, and solutions. The freshman chemistry curriculum includes mathe- matics, physics, general chemistry and qualitative an- alysis, as well as psychology and English communica- tions. The junior and senior chemists plunge on into more advanced chemical problems, both in their R.I.T. classes and labs and in their co-operative jobs with companies that are tackling those problems for profit and loss. The candy and cokes, the work blocks and lab periods, spilled chemicals and stained clothes—all these will pass, but the unknowns in quantitative and quali- tatives, the lab techniques and the job know-how will all remain. T wenty-one

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A wooden mode! takes f orm on a student’s hoard Students working with a live model people around him, trying to discover what it is that makes them what they are. The student of art starts to add a new dimension to his world understanding. This addition takes a life-time. The eyes of the student artist turn to other subjects as well. On the season's coldest day one may see him coldly engrossed in the fluid design of icicles. And no matter where he is, there goes his sketch book, the penciled memory for what his eyes see, A full sketch book brings with it a ruddy complexion (from expo- sure to the elements); smudges, and soft graphite (from exposure to a soft pencil). The artist bears other marks also: an oily green substance called plas- ticine dirties his fingernails, and his clothing takes on a spectacular rainbow of pigment stains. But, the most salient characteristic which endears him to his fellow students is his manner of dress—his once khaki fa- tigues, a remnant of a sweat shirt, and gaudy socks. But an art student must work for the knowing of how to say things in a picture. One comes to be chal- lenged by a failure, a dead-end in the search for the words, the skill to say what he wants. This is the way he pioneers into the field of art, which is as old as man himself. The simple, the conventional, and the abstract are all represented in this design class What once was only soft clay now begins to take the shape of a rase Eighteen

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Chemistry